Health

One in three hospital nurses are too busy to relieve patients’ pain, give them their medication on time or talk to them and their families, research reveals.
Fifty-three percent of nurses fear the quality...

The photographer Rankin is spearheading a campaign to use a social media symbol to raise awareness of heart disease after being inspired by his own personal experience.
The “Heart for a Heart” campaign, created...

The south of England and the Scottish Highlands have been earmarked as high risk areas for Lyme disease.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said some areas appear to have higher...

Girls and young women are experiencing a “gathering crisis” in their mental health linked to conflict with friends, fears about their body image and pressures created by social media, experts have warned.
Rates of...

An urgent appeal to the supreme court by Planned Parenthood has created an unexpected early test of Justice Neil Gorsuch’s views on abortion restrictions.
The court’s newest member has never spoken publicly in any...